Self-reliance

After Liang Wei finished speaking, he left.

Ji Qin breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to look at Zhou Zui, who seemed not surprised with a calm face.

Looking at Zhou Zui's appearance, Ji Qin suddenly had a strange thought: "What did you do?"

"No." Zhou Zui shook his head, "I just inquired about what we plan to do here."

"..."

"If you learn that the situation is very bad, then see if there is anything you can do."

"..."

"They did prepare for that."

"..."

"Then it turned out that China had no intention of acknowledging that this was a common phenomenon and that it had reached the point where diplomatic intervention was needed."

"..."

"And, now, many companies want to test the waters abroad, which is an inevitable trend. If the matter is handled too harshly this time, they may have scruples."

"..."

"Besides," Zhou Zui said again, "The local business environment is really bad, and no one can guarantee that other companies will not have such things... If this time is too strict, they will not be lenient in the future. A large state-owned enterprise is also expanding its business there, and if something is found in the future, it can only be referred to this time, and it will have a big impact on business at that time."

"..."

"Actually, although the other party raised this, it is not the focus of this meeting at all."

Ji Qin snorted.

"..." Zhou Zui didn't take it seriously, "They mainly want to seek a loan, which can be seen from the accompanying personnel of the other minister."

"who is it?"

"Accompanying him is the chairman of the country's largest bank." Liang Wei said just now.

Ji Qin nodded.

"So their negotiating position is not hard."

"How do you know what happened just now?"

"Oh..." Zhou Zui said, "That minister's son happened to study at the same school as me...Of course he wasn't a minister at the time."

"...Huh?" Ji Qin asked, "When you were in America?"

"Ah."

"One class?"

"No, but it's a good relationship."

"You really have a good relationship with everyone."

"Is there?" Zhou Zui thought for a while, "It seems to be really..."

Ji Qin has a bad relationship with anyone.

"And how does everyone know you?"

Zhou Zui looked innocent: "I don't know either."

"Hmph." It's understandable to say that, there are only a few prestigious schools in the United States, and most of the children of court officials are there. It's not unusual for a person like Zhou Zui who knows everyone and has a good relationship with everyone to happen to know.

"Okay, okay," Zhou Zui coaxed Ji Qin again, "It seems that there shouldn't be too much trouble now."

"Yeah." But there will definitely be punishment.Those Chinese representatives probably won't get better, but Ji Qin doesn't feel sympathetic to them, and he even made bribes after following Ji Qin, Ji Qin felt that he was completely ashamed.The fines are acceptable, but maybe they will be banned from participating in any bidding in the country in the next few years, which is a good thing done by those few people.I lost face, why do I need money?

However, in any case, it is not the worst outcome.

"Actually, I am a little skeptical. Does the person who asks you for a bribe really know what questions the other party will ask... Maybe he is simply deceiving you. In fact, he doesn't know anything. If the other party doesn't tell you, he can lie to you and say yes If his credit is brought up, it can also be explained that he did not succeed in the end..." Zhou Zui said again.

"It doesn't matter anymore."

"Too."

After a while, Zhou Zui asked again: "Go out and celebrate together?"

"Congratulations." Ji Qin felt that Zhou Zui was baffled.Although it is not miserable to a certain extent, this situation is definitely nothing to celebrate.

"Oh……"

"I'm going back."

"Ok?"

"I'm going back." Ji Qin looked at his watch, it was actually still early, but he didn't want to stay here any longer.

"What's for dinner that night?"

"Order takeaway."

Zhou Zui asked in surprise, "Do you order takeaway every day?"

"Yes." Ji Qin said coldly.

Ji Qin didn't ask anyone to clean up the house.He knew it looked very weird, but he hated having people come into his home.Very annoying, to be exact.

"May I cook for you?" Zhou Zui asked seriously.

"……what?"

Zhou Zui repeated again: "May I cook for you?"

"..."

"On such an important day, it's so bleak to go home and eat takeaway by myself..."

"..."

"I'm pretty good at it."

Zhou Zui's look of anticipation made it hard to refuse.

"I want you to taste it." Zhou Zui said again.

Moreover, Ji Qin really wants to see how his skills are, because it's really hard to imagine that Zhou Zui is so...at home.

Besides, it's quite a strange feeling to let that week get drunk to serve me.

"..."

"...?"

"whatever."

"That's it." Zhou Zui was quite happy.

Ji Qin frowned: "You are really the life of a slave."

"Is there?" Zhou Zui thought for a while, "This is also my first time."

"..." Ji Qin felt that what he said was not accurate.Zhou Zui should be the young master's life and the slave's heart.

Ji Qin drove home directly.

Zhou Zui didn't care about what to buy.

At that time, Zhou Zui asked him before leaving: "What do you want to eat?"

"It's lighter." Ji Qin left after finishing speaking, ignoring Zhou Zui again.

……

Not long after, Zhou Zui knocked on the door.

Then he went straight into the kitchen, and walked out after a while: "Where are the kitchen utensils?"

"No."

"..."

"Go and buy it yourself." Ji Qin closed his eyes and rested.

"..."

Ji Qin heard Zhou Zui laugh.At this moment, he began to regret agreeing to Zhou Zui.

When the things are put up, I have to say, they are still very beautiful.

"This is freshly fried bamboo shoots in chicken soup." Zhou Zui explained, "Prepare chicken soup, then soak goji berries in clear water to soften, and soak saffron in warm water. Then use the tenderest bamboo shoots, peel off the hard skin, cut into small pieces, and fry for a while. Pour in the washed lilies. Finally, pour the wolfberry and saffron into the chicken broth, add some seasonings, cook for a long time until it tastes good, thicken it and pour it on the asparagus, this is very nourishing."

"..." Ji Qin squinted at Zhou Zui.

"what happened?"

"You make your own dinner every day?"

"Of course not." Zhou Zuifei replied quickly.

"Then why do you do these things?"

"Personal hobbies?" Zhou Zui used a rhetorical question, and then flattered, "Because I know in my heart that I will serve you in the future."

"..."

"You would never let anyone into your house."

"..."

"And this." Zhou Zui said again, "Grilled crab-flavored mushrooms with pea tips. The crab-flavored mushrooms need to be broken apart, soaked in light salt water for half an hour, and then washed carefully with clean water. After the water is boiled, scald the crab-flavored mushrooms , take it out immediately, otherwise it will not taste good... Then take the pea tip, don't take the other parts, and put the hot water in the same way. Remove the stalks and seeds of the red and yellow peppers, so that it can be light... Use garlic Soy pot, put crab-flavored mushrooms, green onions, red and yellow peppers, pea tips... No chicken essence or monosodium glutamate is added, you won’t like that taste.”

"...You are paying attention."

"Of course." Zhou Zui said with a smile, "What can I do for you?"

Ji Qin took a look, and there were pine nuts and corn.

"This is a mixed baked potato," Zhou Zui pointed at the last one, "cut the potato in half, steam for 30 minutes, dig out the inside with a spoon, here, there is a potato bowl at the end. Chopped ham, chopped shallots , Chop up the French spices, mix the potatoes with salt, butter, yogurt, and black pepper, sprinkle with shredded cheese, and bake in the oven.”

"Okay, I know."

"Oh……"

During the dinner, Zhou Zui was still chattering, and Ji Qin once again sighed, how could he continue talking because he ignored him at all.

Of course Ji Qin would do nothing after the meal.

He went upstairs to his study and looked at the day's news.

There have been some relevant reports on the Minister of Commerce's visit to Africa.

Ji Qin and his party read on: "The two sides signed relevant economic and trade cooperation documents. At the same time, the Chinese investment group carried out economic and trade activities, and held the first corporate CEO forum and business cooperation dinner..."

The website of the Ministry of Commerce is full of stereotypes.What, the Minister said that China and Africa are traditionally friendly, and the government attaches great importance to China-Africa relations. What, the two sides are committed to building a new type of strategic partnership featuring political equality and mutual benefit, economic cooperation and win-win, and cultural exchanges and learning. What, China-Africa strategic mutual trust continues Enhanced, mutually beneficial cooperation continues to improve...

Ji Qin turned it off after reading two lines.

Instead, some other media said something else, such as Zhou Zui also guessed, the issue of seeking a loan.

Regarding the issue of bribery, a media also raised a sentence: "Minister XXX said that China has been Africa's largest trading partner for several years in a row, with a total trade volume of 2000 billion U.S. dollars last year. Chinese companies have invested a lot in Africa and hired more than 20000 African workers. From an objective and comprehensive point of view, starting a business, contracting projects, imparting technology, and hiring employees benefit both parties. It is also a bright spot in China-Africa relations. Do not be suspicious of Chinese companies because of a small number of companies. A relationship of mutual trust."

After watching for a while, Ji Qin suddenly felt that there was no sound downstairs.

Zhou Zui seemed to have finished packing up.

So what is he doing now?

Ji Qin got up and went out.

——It was discovered that Zhou Zui was actually in his bedroom.

"Who let you in?"

Zhou Zui turned his head: "I came to look for you... I found that the master bedroom is over there, I really want to see where you rest..."

"Don't you know it's rude?"

"Oh……"

Seeing what Zhou Zui was doing, Ji Qin's heart skipped a beat.

Zhou Zui stood there, holding a few books that Ji Qin read before falling asleep.

At that time, Zhou Zui saw these things on the bedside table, and walked over to pick them up curiously, because he wanted to know what Ji Qin was reading at night.

It turned out that it was all fairy tale books...

Zhou Zui looked at the cover: "The King of Fairy Tales", "100 World Famous Fairy Tales", "The Complete Works of Colorful Fairy Tales"...

"..."

Ji Qin looked at Zhou Zui, wishing he could crush him to death.

He just likes these stories, doesn't he?

In these worlds, there is always a happy ending, demons fail, princes and princesses fall in love at first sight, there is no misunderstanding or betrayal, and the last words are always "they lived happily ever after".

Real life has enough anxiety, so what about these stories?

Ji Qin snorted and said coldly: "What's your opinion?"

Zhou Zui didn't smile like usual.

He looked at Ji Qin, there seemed to be something complicated in his eyes, and he said "You..."

Then I didn't say any more.